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Howard Community College seeks $5 million to finish workforce and skilled-trades center; local employers back training pipeline

3111918 · April 23, 2025
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Howard Community College leaders and community business owners urged the County Council to include $5 million in the FY26 capital budget to complete the Kathy and Danny Bell Workforce Development and Skilled Trade Center, saying the center will address middle-skill job demand.

Vivian Moore Lawyer, interim chair of the Howard Community College Board of Trustees, and Dr. Daria Willis, president of Howard Community College, testified that the college seeks $5,000,000 in FY26 capital funding for the second year of construction on a workforce development and skilled-trades center.

Moore Lawyer said nearly half of Maryland jobs are middle-skill…

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